{"product_id":"wry-martinis-paperback","title":"Wry Martinis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Buckley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fifty years ago, the three funniest writers in the English language were named Shaw, Mencken and Muggeridge. Today, they're named Thompson, O'Rourke and Christopher Buckley.Read this book and you'll die laughing. But as Wrong-Way Kennedy said, 'What a way to go.'\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Tom Wolfe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funny and devastating.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clever, erudite, sophisticated, funny and flip. Buckley shows that his antennae are ever alert to the absurdities in our world.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Buckley's comic muse -- and as \u003cem\u003eWry Martinis\u003c\/em\u003e attests, he is one of the rarest specimens in his generation of that endangered species, the authentically inventive comic writer -- adorns the Benchley-Thurber line of social observation. He is probably the most versatile practitioner of that tradition today.... \u003cem\u003eWry Martinis\u003c\/em\u003e has an astonishing range, all the way from the history of the miniskirt to the language of the New American Bible.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.01 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751433273632,"sku":"9780060977429","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7369add3715a5698bcb8fde2bcee15e3.webp?v=1779973087","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wry-martinis-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}